The search engines Google Inc. declared Friday that it's supplying $11.5 Million in funds to 10 businesses working to end modern-day captivity and individuals trafficking.
"Lawyers must love the mobile industry. The cash that comes their way from the myriad of legal battles that go on between mobile manufacturers is surely more than enough to keep them in shiny shoes and staid suits for a lifetime. And seeing as though Apple are involved in most of these legal spats, we'd be surprised if there wasn't a big vat full of dollars marked 'Brief Fund' somewhere at Camp Cuprtino."
Inspiration comes in a variety of forms, even bad ideas. CloudFlare story is one of the best examples. Two Harvard Business School students were on a field trip. Matthew Prince had ideas, a lot of ideas. Michelle Zatlyn was to be Prince's partner, but hadn't decided on it yet. Tom Eisenmann is a faculty member of Harvard Business School, and thought that Prince and Zatlyn would work well together. Previously, the pair had been told that getting funding would be difficult, near on impossible.